Sales Marketing

LEAH M. HALCUMB

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MAC Meetings & Events - St. Louis, Missouri, October 2008 - April 2010

Marketing and PR Coordinator

. Researched and identified new market niches and ideal prospects for

each core service in order to add to MAC's current $20,000,000/year

portfolio.

. Produced all electronic and print collateral for mass communication.

. Managed website content.

. Developed relationships with trade publications to drive PR

opportunities and wrote company press releases.

MAC Meetings & Events - St. Louis, Missouri, August 2007 - October 2008

Promotions Coordinator

. Managed orders of promotional items through order cycle, including

product research and pricing, proposal creation, client consultation,

order placement, artwork approval, shipment tracking, invoicing and

client follow up.

. Built relationships with vendors to procure special pricing for top

clients and to stay up-to-date with industry trends and newest items.

. Utilized vendor relationships to meet budget requirements of top

customers, such as Cisco Systems, U.S. Navy, Ameristar and Harrah's.

. Supervised and performed conversion of ordering system from manual

spreadsheet order/invoice tracking to ASI ProfitMaker computer system.

. Trained other employees on ESPOnline; promotional product database.

. Created and edited artwork as needed by clients. Designed mockups for

visual presentation.

. Reported monthly sales and profit margins to Accounting, Sales Dept

and Executive Mgmt.

Pekin Hospital - Pekin, Illinois, September 2006 - July 2007

Marketing Assistant

. Assisted in the planning, preparation, and set up and tear down of

community and special events such as health screenings, fundraisers

and hospital celebrations.

. Created, edited, and distributed employee newsletters, community

newsletters, press releases, advertisements, fliers and brochures.

. Processed monetary donations and worked with donors to allocate their

specific donations.

Carlos O' Kelly's - Peoria, Illinois, September 2006 - July 2007

Marketing

. Planned and executed daily celebrations.

. Designed and sent promotional materials to customers through their e-

club.

WGRN 89.5 The Grin- Greenville, Illinois, May 2005- May 2006

Business Director

. Coordinated promotional programs and events from start to finish.

. Sold underwriting to local businesses and wrote their advertisements.

. Constructed promotional packages for different radio shows and events.

Alzheimer's Association- Peoria, Illinois, July 2005- August 2005

Intern

. Prepared promotional materials for Special Events.

. Created manuals, packets and post cards for volunteers and donors.

. Inventoried of all item donations for national fundraiser.

EDUCATION

Greenville College - Greenville, Illinois, May 2006

. Bachelor of Science, Media Promotion

SKILLS

. Computer Skills: Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Adobe

Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop.

. Multi-tasking and organizational ability.

. Budget management.

. Professional attitude and responsible demeanor.

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